It was dark and raining steadily in the early morning of October 10, 2007 as the plaintiff, Eleanor McDonald, took the second exit off Highway 1 at the Mt. Lehman interchange and turned the wrong way and into an oncoming van driven by Thi Hoa To....
The plaintiff, Dylan Plishka-Humphreys, brings an application for summary judgment on the issue of damages for assault and battery against the defendant, Daniel Bolen....
Because of the very limited time available in chambers on the day I heard the application, November 15, 2011, I advised the parties I would reserve for supplementary reasons and editing. These are my supplementary reasons....
In September 1995, the plaintiff, a small boy riding his bicycle, was injured in a collision with a motor vehicle driven by the defendant. The collision occurred at or near an uncontrolled T-intersection where a road that runs along the west side of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall (which I will refer to as the north-south road) intersects with a road now called Library Road. The plaintiff was making a left turn. The trial was only concerned with the question of liability, as the issue of damages was severed by order of the Court. ...
The defendants American Commerce Insurance Company (ACIC), Owen Bird Law Corporation (OBLC) and Scott Stephens have two applications. They apply for summary judgment. Specifically, they ask the Court to strike Mr. Pearlmans writ of summons and statement of claim and dismiss his action against them pursuant to Rules 9-5 and 9-6 of the Rules of Court. They also apply for a vexatious litigant order that Mr. Pearlman be enjoined from commencing any further legal proceedings in this court without first obtaining leave of a Justice under s.18 of the Supreme Court Act....
At approximately 5 p.m. on July 27, 2008, Mr. Jarmsons motorcycle collided with the defendants car on Highway 6 near Edgewood, B.C., seriously injuring Mr. Jarmson and his passenger, his 15 year old daughter, Lindsay. This action concerns only Mr. Jarmsons claims....
THE COURT: The plaintiff, Ms. Campbell, was involved in two motor vehicle accidents, one in 2006 and the other in 2008. She has commenced legal actions seeking damages against the drivers of the other vehicles and the trials of those actions are set to be heard jointly, commencing on 6 February 2012 for 25 days....
The plaintiff, Mr. Pearlman, is a 77-year-old retired lawyer who represented himself on this claim for injuries allegedly suffered by him in a motor vehicle accident on February 9, 2007 (the 2007 Accident). The defendants admit liability, but submit that the collision was minor in nature, and any injuries of which the plaintiff complains pre-existed the 2007 Accident....
The plaintiff seeks damages from the defendants for battery in an incident at the Caprice Nightclub on Granville Street, Vancouver, on August 27, 2006. Both liability and damages are in issue....
This is a dispute over costs of a jury trial with a complicated history....